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October 2, 2023
COMMENTARY: By John Minto There is a sea change happening in the wider electorate in Aotearoa New Zealand which is counter intuitive to what the polls are saying. On the one hand the public overwhelmingly support much fairer taxation but the polls tell us we will have an Act/National government in a couple of weeks ... <a title="NZ election 2023: Labour’s disconnect with the electorate – and with itself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/02/nz-election-2023-labours-disconnect-with-the-electorate-and-with-itself/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: Labour’s disconnect with the electorate – and with itself">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2023
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist The New Zealand government has given its full blessing to Cook Islands and Niue establishing diplomatic relations with the United States. At the US-Pacific summit on Monday (Washington time), President Joe Biden said he recognised the two island nations as sovereign and independent states, an announcement which the US ... <a title="NZ govt ‘welcomes’ US diplomatic relations with Cook Islands, Niue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/27/nz-govt-welcomes-us-diplomatic-relations-with-cook-islands-niue/" aria-label="Read more about NZ govt ‘welcomes’ US diplomatic relations with Cook Islands, Niue">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Ella Stewart, RNZ News longform journalist, Te Ao Māori National Party leader Christopher Luxon made claims about health outcomes that were clearly false. Why was he left unchallenged? In the TVNZ leaders’ debate last night, Luxon and Labour’s Chris Hipkins had a testy exchange over Māori healthcare. Hipkins held firm on the creation ... <a title="NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood in debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/27/nz-election-2023-exposing-national-leader-christopher-luxons-maori-health-falsehood-in-debate/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood in debate">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Ella Stewart, RNZ News longform journalist, Te Ao Māori National Party leader Christopher Luxon made claims about health outcomes that were clearly false. Why was he left unchallenged? In the TVNZ leaders’ debate last night, Luxon and Labour’s Chris Hipkins had a testy exchange over Māori healthcare. Hipkins held firm on the creation ... <a title="NZ election 2023: Truth behind National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood in debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/20/nz-election-2023-truth-behind-national-leader-christopher-luxons-maori-health-falsehood-in-debate/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: Truth behind National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood in debate">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Maree Mahony, RNZ digital journalist Labour leader Chris Hipkins and National leader Christopher Luxon have faced off in a fast-paced but unspectacular debate in the Aotearoa New Zealand general election campaign with co-governance and gangs among the issues producing the liveliest exchanges. It was the first time the two leaders had squared off ... <a title="NZ election 2023: Hipkins and Luxon in fast-paced debate but fail to excite pundits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/20/nz-election-2023-hipkins-and-luxon-in-fast-paced-debate-but-fail-to-excite-pundits/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: Hipkins and Luxon in fast-paced debate but fail to excite pundits">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Opposition National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis was among three political leaders who made a surprising commitment at a debate last night to build 1000 state houses in Auckland each year. Labour Party leader and caretaker prime minister Chris Hipkins and Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson also agreed to do so, with ... <a title="NZ election 2023: ‘People power’ alliance wins pledge of 1000 new state houses a year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/07/nz-election-2023-people-power-alliance-wins-pledge-of-1000-new-state-houses-a-year/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: ‘People power’ alliance wins pledge of 1000 new state houses a year">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2023
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist National says a series of attack ads targeting its leader Christopher Luxon funded by the Council of Trade Unions in the Aotearoa Election 2023 campaign is “disgraceful”. The NZCTU launched its campaign targeting Luxon today, with billboards going up around the country and social media. A full ... <a title="NZ election 2023: National hits back over union ads slamming Luxon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/04/nz-election-2023-national-hits-back-over-union-ads-slamming-luxon/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: National hits back over union ads slamming Luxon">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2023
RNZ News Labour has officially kicked off its Aotearoa New Zealand election 2023 campaign with a promise to extend free dental care to all those under 30. The party is pitching the dental policy as beginning “the journey” towards universal free dental, while making provision for training more dentists over coming years. Free dental care ... <a title="Election 2023: Labour kicks off campaign with free dental promise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/03/election-2023-labour-kicks-off-campaign-with-free-dental-promise/" aria-label="Read more about Election 2023: Labour kicks off campaign with free dental promise">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2023
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist Parliament has ended for another term, shutting down ahead of the Aotearoa New Zealand election campaign with a debate where many focused on attacking their political opponents. Labour Party leader and Prime Minister Chris Hipkins warned New Zealanders: “We can continue to move forward under Labour, or ... <a title="Hipkins warns NZ voters against ‘turning the clock back’ on reforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/01/hipkins-warns-nz-voters-against-turning-the-clock-back-on-reforms/" aria-label="Read more about Hipkins warns NZ voters against ‘turning the clock back’ on reforms">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2023
A GPs advocacy group says that practices learned from the covid-19 pandemic, like staying home when sick or wearing masks in health facilities, should remain in place to halt the spread of infectious diseases. As of August 15, the mandates ended for the seven-day isolation period and masks in health settings, with the Health Minister ... <a title="NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still important" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/16/nzs-covid-19-mandates-end-gp-group-says-some-mask-wearing-self-isolation-still-important/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still important">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2023
RNZ Pacific Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has called again for the immediate release of New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens, who has now been held hostage by pro-independence fighters in West Papua for six months. Speaking in Auckland, Hipkins said Mehrtens — a pilot for the Indonesian airline Susi Air which provide air links to remote ... <a title="Hipkins urges release of NZ hostage six months after Papua kidnapping" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/09/hipkins-urges-release-of-nz-hostage-six-months-after-papua-kidnapping/" aria-label="Read more about Hipkins urges release of NZ hostage six months after Papua kidnapping">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2023
Political scientist Dr Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning present a two-part episode to analyse what to make of the New Zealand-People's Republic of China bilateral leadership meetings. And also, Paul and Selwyn analyse the shifts inside Russia in the weeks after the destabilisation caused by Wagner Commander Yevgeny Prigozhin's pronouncements and challenge to Russia's military heads.
